PV: This Ph.D. biologist and artist is also a man about town.
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]aul Vecsei received his Ph.D from University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Currently, he lives in Yellowknife, Canada where he is a fisheries biologist working mainly with Coregonids (Whitefish, Grayling, Ciscoes etc..). When not working with fish, he is drawing them. As a fisheries biologist he specializes in fish photography (including underwater). He also spends every free moment working on scientific illustrations of char and trout.
Paul’s photography has appeared in National Geographic and many other publications.
Paul on cameras
“I once was in love with my cameras. Remember the Nikon F3 and F4? However, digital is so practical, especially for underwater work, that I reluctantly caved in. I despise the D40 but use it alot. I don’t like the D200 but use it every day. I had a D2h that was as close to love as I ever felt towards a digital camera. I also use a D90 Paul Vecsei, art, photographywhich I can’t stand but image quality is very good indeed.
Update: Okay, so now I use the D90 more than the D200 because of great high ASA performance. The D200 works like the human brain, the D90 needs tinkering, which I notice my electronic gadget friends seem to love but in no way is photographer friendly.
Mega update: Now have the D700 FX and it is indeed, almost built like a real camera and has nice image quality. At 12 Megs, files are so huge I spend all my time down-sizing images prior to posting or emailing. I guess many of you buying D600 and D800s are planning mural sized prints?”
To see more of his fish art and underwater fish photography click here […]
BrownTrout (Salmo trutta coruhensis). Limamkoy Creek, Rize area, Turkey.
BrownTrout (Salmo trutta). Otra river basin, Sorlandet, Norway. Mamorated pattern Phenotype.
Gillaroo Trout (Salmo trutta stomachicus). Loch Mulach-Corrie in Sutherland, Scoland, United Kingdom.
Arctic Grayling (Thymallus articus). Male, eight years old – Baker Creek, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.
